How does Modulus make their graphite necks look so stunning?

How do they do it? Before Mars Music went out of business I had the liberty of trying out a Flea bass ($1500 at the time) and just the sparkling pattern on the neck was amazing. Other graphite necks like Moses look kind of dull to me, but Modulus necks always grab my attention.

That random pattern you see when you look at a Modulus neck is the outer layer only, made to appear the way it does just because looks bitchin. If you peeled off the first layer, the rest of the neck material looks just like regular carbon fiber - the typical woven pattern.

Modulus has a trademark for the look of their necks; they refer to the pattern of the decorative layer as "a thousand ladies dancing", or KLD for short.

there are two ways that I know of to make something out of carbon fiber. One is to "lay it up" and the other is to mold it.

Car manufacturers mold it and I BELIEVE Status has done some molding on bodies. OT: man those Status all graphites are wonderful instruments.

Anyway: Laying up is just that.....building it in layers. Carbon fiber comes in sheets. You can order it many different ways: how high the modulus is (ratio of carbon vs. other materials such as fiber glass) and you can also order it by pattern: diamond pattern, straight (looks like the grain on spruce), woven and on and on. I would suspect that the Modulus look is something the order from their vendor and like somebody mentioned here, it is the last layer to go on.

How do they do it? Before Mars Music went out of business I had the liberty of trying out a Flea bass ($1500 at the time) and just the sparkling pattern on the neck was amazing. Other graphite necks like Moses look kind of dull to me, but Modulus necks always grab my attention.

Any ideas as to how they come up with that pattern in the necks?

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oh man.. i got my modulus flea4 from Mars Music for 1500$ ..lane poor pup and everything.. i went to the one in The Block mall in CA. i went back the next year.. and the place was gone.. too bad mars music went out of business.

It would have been alot thankfully my old man is still a diplomat, so i had it shipped to the embassy then ill pick it up next time im in the vicinity of london. VAT and import duty adds up to about 30% of the price so its really not worth importing unless you can find a dealer who will send it as a 'gift'....machiavellian stuff.

They layer it. They make a mold, fill that, and that makes the neck. Then they take slives of carbon fiber and layer it on too of the mold. They call it Thousand Ladies Dancing. (KLD for short; K(1,000) Ladies Dancing.)